These items have been contributed by David Boote. David's father worked for the IRLCS from 1948 and, from 1954 was Mechanical Superintendent. There is more about his work on pages 107-8 of 'Nomad Encompassed'.
Red Locust control is today undertaken by the 'International Red Locust Control Organisation'. Click here to see a short article. It will open in a new window - close it when done.
page
4-5 page
6-7
page
8 page
9
page
10 page
11
Contents
- 66
- 67
- 68
69 -
70
- 71
- 72-3
74 -
75
- 76
- 77
- 78
79 -
80
- 81
- 82
- 83
84 -
85
- 86
- 87
- 88-9
90
- 91
- 92
- 93
- 94
95
- 96
- 97
- 98
- 99
100
- 101
- 102
- 103
104
- 105
- 106
- 107
108
- 109 -
110
- 111
112
- 113
- 114
- 115
116
- 117
- 118
- 119
120
- 121
- 122
- 123
124
- 125
Photographs
Male
Red Locust
North
Rukwa
Muzombwe
Hand
spraying
Arsenic
and flour
Dieldrin
Locusts
fanning
Locusts
settled
Porters
Muze
Gap
HQ
Abercorn
Two
Directors
Wet
conditions
Swamp
Skipper
Raft
Katuma
River dam
Elephants
Pole-bridge
Collapsed
bridge
New-style
bridge
Mwawe
River bridge
New
Mwawe Bridge
Locust
swarm
Floating
Land Rover
Control
camp
Fire
break
Cover Pg
2 Pg
3
Pg 4
Pg 5
Pg
6
Pg 7
Pg 8
photos
3 & 4
photos
5 & 6
photos
7 & 8
photos
9 & 10
photos
11 & 12
photo
13
photos
14 & 15
photo16
Pg
11 Pg
12 Pg
13
Pg
14 Pg
15 Pg
16
Pg
17 Pg
18
Amendments
Reprinted from Nature, Vol 184 pp1425, October 3, 1959.
D.L. Gunn and PM Symmons
Pg
279 Pg
280 Pg
281
Pg
282 Pg
283 Pg
284
Pg
285 Pg
286 Pg
287
Pg
288 Pg
289 Pg
290
Pg
291 Pg
292 Pg
293
Pg
294 Pg
295 Pg
296
Pg
297 Pg
298 Pg
299
Pg
300